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The Never: An Abstract by the Author,
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The Never treats themes such as the disappearance of the pastoral landscape, endangered and extinct species, and antiques. Bliss, loss, and mortality are threaded together with the lyricism and depth readers have come to expect from Skillman. Three sections create a motif of upward movement--from Quicksand, to Land Bound, to The Grounds of Heaven.
An excerpt from Extinction's Cousin-- "What name will you give me, the one without fur, scales, or feather? What will you say to a second extinction? I came to the island of trash, Mauritius, near Madagascar, where there are certain butterflies and jewels left among corrugated roofs and contraptions to siphon rainwater into buckets that reek with odorous sulphurs. I was looking for a fluke. Perhaps the Dodo bird. Give me something endemic to the landscape-- no palms, no sugarcane..." An excerpt from From the Grasslands-- "...The myths died and settled at our feet like elephant seals. Our clothes wore more deeply than our dreams. The sun came out of hiding to redden our skin. It was then that the world caught fire." Certainly climate change is part of the ongoing dialog between animals and humans in this collection. |
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The Never by Judith Skillman (Paperback - May 15, 2010)
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